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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, 184a to 190a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Eryximachus explains, what is harmony composed of?
(a) Only low notes.
(b) Neither high nor low notes.
(c) Only high notes.
(d) High and low notes.

2. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The acceptance of the temperate.
(b) The avoidance of the intemperate.
(c) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(d) The avoidance of the temperate.

3. As Pausanius explains, who is the oldest goddess of love's father?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

4. What is the size of the audience that sees Agathon's play?
(a) Less than thirty thousand.
(b) Fifty thousand.
(c) More than thirty thousand.
(d) Forty thousand.

5. What is Apollodorus' old name?
(a) Apollodorus the wise man.
(b) Apollodorus the thinker.
(c) Apollodorus the madman.
(d) Apollodorus the orator.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phaedrus' story, how could Achilles have avoided death?

2. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?

3. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?

4. How does Phaedrus describe Love?

5. Why does Apollodorus have pity for rich men?

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